Another dilettante (?) researching minumum wage jobs

In 2002 Barbara Ehrenreich wrote Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, which chronicled her efforts to survive in low income America. The upshot was that she could only do it by living in her car and having two jobs. Now without being too critical and reserving judgement, we have G & M journo, Jan Wong doing the same thing.

Saturday's edition has the first of five parts describing her adventures as a "Molly Maid" paying $7.45 per hour. To give Jan credit she is doing the job properly moving her two boys and herself into a basement apartment for the month. BUT she still has the safety net of her job at the G & M.

Let's watch, with an open mind as Jan writes over the next five weeks.